Government
West bank still lacks levee protection
While the East Bank of St. Charles has a completed hurricane protection levee, mostly along Airline Drive, the West Bank has a ways to go.
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Government
Spillway could serve us even better
St. Charles Parish played a big part in keeping the land along the rising Mississippi River dry this year.
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Government
Congress must make big decisions soon
What takes place in Washington D. C. in the next few days can determine how our country goes in the years ahead. […]
Opinions & Responses
Grand Ridge dressing up a beautiful parish
When you live in St. Charles Parish, you live close to nature. And no place is that more evident than in the Willowdale area, site of the former Willowdale Country Club and the upcoming Grand Ridge Golf Club. […]
Government
Is President playing politics with oil?
President Barack Obama’s order to take some 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve came at a very good time for his administration. […]
Government
Free trade would improve economy
One of the surest ways to improve our depressed economy would be to expand our foreign trade. […]
Opinions & Responses
Is four-cent tax so important?
Strange that a four-cent renewal of a cigarette tax would become one of the most important issues in the current legislative session, but that is the way it seems to be going in Baton Rouge. […]
Government
Spillways, diversions need to combine forces
If there’s one thing we have learned with the opening of our two spillways to avert flooding this year, it is the benefit such openings can have to help build up the Louisiana coast.
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Opinions & Responses
‘Tis the season to be prepared
Whew! We got through the high river water so far with not too much damage. Just in time to introduce the 2011 Hurricane Season. […]